LOGAN BUS CO. SET TO RECEIVE $206 MILLION CONTRACT DESPITE ADMITTING TO BRIBING CITY OFFICIALS Education officials are poised to give a $206 million no-bid contract to a school bus company – even though its owner has admitted company employees regularly bribed city officials and a mobbed-up union. Logan Bus Co. owner Michael Tornabe – […]
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School Buses May Foul Air for Many Years
October 11, 2005 – New York City’s fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest.
In a city with asthma rates so high that in some neighborhoods — Harlem, for example — one in four children has the disease, officials have found that efforts to reduce harmful emissions from school buses are hindered by the age of the fleet and by the fact that the buses are owned not by the city, but by outside companies.
Continue readingHow to Handle NYC DOE School Bus Company Contract Payments during COVID-19
HOW TO HANDLE NYC DOE SCHOOL BUS COMPANY CONTRACT PAYMENTS DURING COVID-19 I. Introduction Recently, the Department of Education’s Panel for Educational Policy postponed review of school bus contract extensions for March and April. The contracts were implemented at the beginning of March as a result of an emergency declared by the Department of Education. […]
Continue reading4,500 School Bus Drivers, Their Co-Workers Left Jobless on Long Island
4,500 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, THEIR CO-WORKERS LEFT JOBLESS ON LONG ISLAND April 10, 2020 – An estimated 4,500 school bus drivers and co-workers are jobless on Long Island in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, as school districts fearful of funding losses cut off payments to contractors, union and industry representatives said. The contractual cutoffs, […]
Continue readingOFFICIALS SAY SCHOOL BUS SYSTEM HAS TIES TO MOB
April 23, 1995 – Former and current officials of the union and 14 companies negotiating a new contract for New York City’s school bus service have longstanding connections with organized-crime figures, according to court records and law enforcement authorities. Two representatives of the union, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, have been co-defendants with […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON D.C. SUES GREYHOUND BUS FOR $216,000 IN UNPAID IDLING VIOLATIONS
Dozens of Greyhound buses roll in and out of Washington, D.C. each day. Greyhound Lines Inc. is a major bus company headquartered in Texas. It owns and operates buses that carry about 16 million passengers per year, through both its Greyhound and BoltBus brands. While they’re waiting to load and unload passengers and their bags, […]
Continue readingNYC to Use Fleet Vehicles as Mobile Air Quality Test Stations in the Bronx
New technology could help City better understand and address air quality concerns NEW YORK – January 21, 2020 – Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Lisette Camilo, and the City of New York’s Chief Technology Officer John Paul Farmer (CTO) today announced the launch of CityScanner, a pilot program that […]
Continue readingLucid Air Beta Version to Have Global Reveal at New York Autoshow
Lucid Motors believes this will be the transition year in their history. They hope to move from an electric car developer to manufacturer. Plans are to conclude this year with the production Lucid Air rolling off our factory line. Lucid are making significant progress in their mission to set a new standard for sustainable transportation. […]
Continue readingGREENPOWER DELIVERS TWO ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES TO RIALTO SCHOOL DISTRICT
Congratulations to GreenPower Motor Company for finally getting their type D all-electric school bus certified for sale in California. Their zero-emission school buses are Title 13 compliant and have officially received 292 certifications from the California Highway Patrol. Now that they are certified, GreenPower was able to deliver their first two (2) all-electric, purpose-built school […]
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